diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c
index e8b9c1e2a04c817e60b5c65c6ab2bb3c89cd255e..75ddfafb11b77d0912564a50711e0460a30a219f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c
@@ -2924,6 +2924,7 @@ static int ath6kl_start_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 					    WLAN_EID_RSN, WMI_RSN_IE_CAPB,
 					    (const u8 *) &rsn_capab,
 					    sizeof(rsn_capab));
+		vif->rsn_capab = rsn_capab;
 		if (res < 0)
 			return res;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/core.h
index baf149ef346522fc648f99eeae0e9f21a60ea25e..a95bf6ab7ec16bf184e8883584ad09d527c4869a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/core.h
@@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ struct ath6kl_vif {
 	struct net_device_stats net_stats;
 	struct target_stats target_stats;
 	struct wmi_connect_cmd profile;
+	u16 rsn_capab;
 
 	struct list_head mc_filter;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/main.c
index eca4d4704edc2501660df17c889339b7d7590e87..9533558a6235ef0cff234a9c31a9b021b5afd034 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/main.c
@@ -608,6 +608,18 @@ static int ath6kl_commit_ch_switch(struct ath6kl_vif *vif, u16 channel)
 
 	switch (vif->nw_type) {
 	case AP_NETWORK:
+		/*
+		 * reconfigure any saved RSN IE capabilites in the beacon /
+		 * probe response to stay in sync with the supplicant.
+		 */
+		if (vif->rsn_capab &&
+		    test_bit(ATH6KL_FW_CAPABILITY_RSN_CAP_OVERRIDE,
+			     ar->fw_capabilities))
+			ath6kl_wmi_set_ie_cmd(ar->wmi, vif->fw_vif_idx,
+					      WLAN_EID_RSN, WMI_RSN_IE_CAPB,
+					      (const u8 *) &vif->rsn_capab,
+					      sizeof(vif->rsn_capab));
+
 		return ath6kl_wmi_ap_profile_commit(ar->wmi, vif->fw_vif_idx,
 						    &vif->profile);
 	default: